tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43452254257996039662024-03-06T12:01:22.686-08:00From China to Borneo and Beyond 海外华人的中国魂: 从中国,到南洋,到更远Two families leave China 100 years ago, This is a journal recording their passage, their so-journ in Borneo and then on to Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, England and beyond. A fascinating account of how time and place have changed the members.Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪http://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.comBlogger1005125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345225425799603966.post-13246116078868085142020-06-13T22:40:00.002-07:002020-06-13T22:40:18.234-07:00lockdown finished<div class="_1dwg _1w_m _q7o" data-visualcompletion="ignore-dynamic">
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Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪http://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345225425799603966.post-31040098734259736112020-06-13T22:37:00.001-07:002020-06-13T22:37:14.605-07:00back to churchOur first gathered services since lockdown are tomorrow!! Looking
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finish with worship and a walk-through the new auditoruim Our
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with worship and a walk-through the new auditoruim <span class="_5mfr"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t56/1.5/16/1f64c.png"); font-size: 16px; height: 16px; width: 16px;">🙌</span></span><br />
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Level One - We'll have a QR code for those using the govt contract
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My 15th Book, Pain 痛苦<br /> is now at the printers.<br />
I wrote this book when I was in a dark, dark place.I had thyroid cancer
and then I felt very very sick. Some of you noticed that I wasn't on
Facebook. Thanks those of you who cared and asked.<br />
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Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪http://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345225425799603966.post-56303069205741314442019-09-11T02:54:00.003-07:002019-09-11T02:54:48.561-07:00My brush with cancer.<br />
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recent post showed one in three New Zealanders will have cancer. A
horrible statistics, and I became one of them. I am under the care of a
new doctor, and she asked about my surgery and what it was for. I
replied cancer, thyroid cancer.<br /> <br /> It is one year since my
surgery. The Cancer has not returned but I still have issues of not
having a thyroid. I have Hypothyroidism, also called underactive thyroid
or low thyroid, is a disorder of the endocrine system in which the
thyroid gland does not produce enough thyroid hormone. Everyday, I have
to take hormone pills.<br /> <br /> Praise God I am still alive.</span></span><br />
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Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪http://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345225425799603966.post-8418696672751618112019-07-20T01:56:00.000-07:002019-07-20T01:56:03.997-07:00water going round and round<br />
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Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪http://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345225425799603966.post-21232701722699649572019-06-27T07:33:00.000-07:002019-06-27T07:33:18.290-07:00double decker boat<br />
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My great grand ma/Ah Tai had one of these double decker boats. It plied
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This was part of Rejang River near to Sibu. Both sets of my grand parents lived on the bank of the river. Swimming in the pristine water is a bygone experience. At my maternal grandparents, a sandbar had silted up and the boat/express boat no longer come to berth on the pontoon.</div>
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Yesterday, my nephew Wayne posted photos of his daughter eating the Jungle butter/ Enkabang . When we were young, we were excited to find a Enkabang nut aka helicopter nut. We had a game of launching the helicopter. When it was time to go home, we split up the helicopter and shared the nut and ate them raw.</div>
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Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪http://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345225425799603966.post-70602111279471808002019-03-26T01:48:00.002-07:002019-03-26T01:48:46.891-07:00To Singapore with Love.<a data-ft="{"tn":"-U"}" data-lynx-mode="asynclazy" data-lynx-uri="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D71e0Nf_PEtM%26fbclid%3DIwAR1dXNUGjIIQevBMOsxQbrunwjlUm2sZUib0uDMwD71PmNPvKOu6ZHXzFOg&h=AT2h0tiMTU8QN9acSSFH50X_Mge0zy-Lo9y_jatDjPCgJGK6bvNscsTCWd2xMxkjirvPvGrlUB4-aygh_221bkVEFsETT65-6yJ9jLamdDKuOOX5ogpdtHLRUyJfFh2a_Bc-9Hxaz1qovtsW_EP47icl6LaK" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71e0Nf_PEtM&fbclid=IwAR1dXNUGjIIQevBMOsxQbrunwjlUm2sZUib0uDMwD71PmNPvKOu6ZHXzFOg" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71e0Nf_PEtM</a><br />
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The movie is banned Singapore. Where is the Love. Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪http://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345225425799603966.post-19623434646597330052019-03-21T03:03:00.001-07:002019-03-21T03:03:17.046-07:00K for Kwong Kouk<div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 6px;">
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The 1880 Advertisement Inviting Chinese Settlers To Sibu</div>
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Reading this blog on the advertisement by Patricia Hului, I have a strong conjecture that my great GrandFather, the late Chan Kwong Kuok@Ling Chiew @ Wan Chiong. was one of the leaders who replied to that ad.</div>
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He was born in 1870, in China died 1937 aged 70 in China,</div>
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He was a Siew Cai and was a principal in the village,<br />A Mr. Tong Keng Chiew founded the Kwong Nang Seng Agricultural Co. in August 1907 and appointed My Great Grand Dad to be the governor of the company. He traveled first class.</div>
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He led the second Cantonese batch, with 78 illiterate workers.. They planted 10,000 pepper vine and 100 rubber trees.</div>
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He led 4 batches, and my grandfather Kee seng came in the second batch in 1918.Women and children came on the second batch.<br />His legacy, he co-founded a school which is still in operation to date.</div>
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Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪http://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345225425799603966.post-42170560681833759742018-09-24T17:18:00.002-07:002018-09-24T17:18:31.392-07:00My walk with Cancer<h1 class="_19ea" data-click="bluebar_logo">
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thyroidectomy. The surgery was fine, but like people who had their
thyroid gland removed, they need medication for life, and constant
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Ann Kit Suet Chin is a New Zealand Chinese
writer. She was born in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia. She attended Methodist
Primary and Secondary School in Sibu. She graduated from Windsor
University in Canada, Auckland University and Auckland University of
Technology.<br />
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Ann is the fourth child of the late John
Chan Hiu Fei and Mary Kong Wah Kiew. She is married to Chin Chen Onn,
PhD. She has three surviving children, Deborah, Gabrielle and Sam. Her
third child, Andrew died when he was a baby and is the inspiration of
her first book. <br />
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Sister
Judith, late of Bintulu, My Ah Do Jie , my second cousin, (her Dad,
late Master Kok Fei, my Dad's first Cousin) died in 2016 at 7.30am
Malaysian time.<br />
She taught in Sarikei, Sri Aman and Bintulu
convent Kindergartens. Those of you who went there and/or had children
there would remember her.<br />
As for me, I like to remember her in
this photo. I was twenty. I can't remember what occasion it was. Was it
to mark my going to Canada. My Ah Do Jie was always soft spoken, gentle
and perfect for kindy kids.<br />
My last memory of Ah Do Jie, was she
rushed from Sri Aman to Kuching to see my Dad before he died. She didn't
make it, but made it to his wake and funeral. She told me, "Your Dad,
was not only my uncle, he was also a very good employer. Dad was the
DEO."<br />
Sister Judith to those who know her, will always be my Ah Do Jie.<br /> She has fought the good fight. God has called her home.<br />
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Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪http://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345225425799603966.post-12933781623640990432018-05-18T04:37:00.000-07:002018-05-18T04:37:07.588-07:00may 13 other<a href="https://cilisos.my/the-other-racial-riot-before-may-13-which-we-didnt-know-about/">https://cilisos.my/the-other-racial-riot-before-may-13-which-we-didnt-know-about/</a>Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪http://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345225425799603966.post-50624123045520587052018-05-18T04:36:00.002-07:002018-05-18T04:36:27.278-07:00may 13 Malay<a href="https://cilisos.my/5-malays-tell-us-their-side-of-the-shocking-events-on-may-13th-1969/">https://cilisos.my/5-malays-tell-us-their-side-of-the-shocking-events-on-may-13th-1969/</a>Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪http://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345225425799603966.post-12390946212963616312018-05-18T04:35:00.002-07:002018-05-18T04:35:24.560-07:00may 13 two<a href="https://cilisos.my/7-malaysians-share-their-most-vivid-memories-of-may-13-1969/">https://cilisos.my/7-malaysians-share-their-most-vivid-memories-of-may-13-1969/</a>Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪http://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345225425799603966.post-88560552027014106592018-05-18T04:32:00.001-07:002018-05-18T04:32:08.816-07:00may 13<a href="https://cilisos.my/photos-the-tiny-may-13-cemetery-most-malaysians-never-knew-about/">https://cilisos.my/photos-the-tiny-may-13-cemetery-most-malaysians-never-knew-about/</a>Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪http://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345225425799603966.post-3167376580537792482018-05-08T21:53:00.001-07:002018-05-15T02:47:47.707-07:00Ronald McDonald HouseI have not written about my late baby Andrew for a while. In 1989, my
baby was born with a terminal prognosis. There was no Ronald McDonald
house then. The hospital gave me a room at the nurses home. It wasn't
ideal as I had other children then. Still it was better than nothing.
Beggars couldn't be choosers. I stay there for 55 days until he died.<br />
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I know first hand how it is like to be away from your sick child.<br />
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together with their family while they receive treatment. Text TOGETHER
to 4483 to donate $3 or look out for our collectors on the street around
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Father led a group of immigrants Overseas to uncharted land of Borneo. </b><br />
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<b>Then in 1970, my brother Charles went on his Overseas journey to New Zealand.</b><br />
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<b>I follow suit to my Overseas journey to Canada in 1975.</b><br />
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<b>At last, my latest Book, "Growing up in Borneo" is ready. It talks about all the Overseas journeys of my siblings.</b><br />
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<b>My thanks to
Eve Leong for making her butterflies. They gave me inspiration. The
butterfly is a symbol of Hope, Life and Endurance to the bereaved.<br /> ISBN: 978-0-473-43641-4</b><br />
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<br />Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪http://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345225425799603966.post-79013187287684888242018-04-11T17:57:00.001-07:002018-04-11T17:57:32.241-07:00post card from 60 years ago<br />
I am a person of nostalgia. Most of my writing is about Nostalgia.<br />
My
cousin Cecillia went to her brother's house and saw two 60 years old
postcards. It was posted by my Dad 60 years ago to my uncle David from
England.<br />
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I was so happy to know, my cousin Vincent kept
them. Cousin Vincent is the nephew of Uncle David. It was Vincent's sis
Cecillia who posted this photo to me. Things like these are very
precious to me, because our own things had been eaten by termites.<br />
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The <b>Kuching Civic Centre</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malay_language" title="Malay language">Malay</a>: <i><span lang="ms">Dewan Suarah Kuching</span></i>) is a major landmark in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuching" title="Kuching">Kuching</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarawak" title="Sarawak">Sarawak</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a>. The building was officially opened on 1 August 1988 following the proclamation of Kuching as a city status.<br />
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This was where I gate crashed a wedding. I invited myself to a Malay/Muslim wedding. <br />
There is a sweet story behind this. I rang up my muslim friend, J who
went to school with me. We had not seen each other for many many years.
When I rang her, she said she was going to her niece wedding. I asked if
I could go because I have never been to one. She invited me.<br />
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She told me the wedding was at this posh place, the Ci<span class="text_exposed_show">vic centre .</span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show">My friend was late, and I waited a long time. </span><br />
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The hostess of the wedding waved
to me to come to her wedding when she saw me waiting for a long time. I
was dressed in an elegant Malaysian dress like this oneI was wearing.<br />
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<br />Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪http://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345225425799603966.post-34340640154263708272018-02-23T02:13:00.000-08:002018-02-23T13:02:21.486-08:00My Grand Uncle, a war hero.My Grand Uncle Leong Hiang Kim aka Hee Kung and Grand Aunty aka Hee Po are war heros of a different kind.<br />
In
1941-1945 they were living at upper Lanang Road. They were living in a
long wooden house with many rooms. I had been there in the sixties.
Little did I know they opened their house to the town people . My friend
RC , a famous historian remembers as a child, his family had to
evacuate from the town and they stayed with my Hee Kung. RC told me
other people from the town came too.<br />
In the town, they had
nothing. At Hee Kung's , they could plant crops like sweet potatoes,
tapioca and pumpkins and they didn't starve, there was plenty of Rejang
River water thanks to Hee Kung's kind hospitality.<br />
I am going to add this to my next edition of my World War II book.<br />
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Susie Pang My mum told me that story too. I’ve to get fr my mum.<br />
Susie Pang Ann Chin I knew that big wooden house on high stilts I was still very young that time.<br />
Susie Pang The front portion of the house was where JKR office was along Lanang Rd.<br />
Susie Pang Ann Chin I knew that big wooden house on high stilts I was still very young that time.<br />
Susie Pang The front portion of the house was where JKR office was along Lanang Rd.<br />
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the above conversation is by Susie Pang. Susie is the grand daughter by Hung Hang, the second child/ oldest daughter. <br />
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We have geese stories, Margaret and Elizabeth,<br />
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not sure why this goose has feathers like this. Looks like a Sebastopol Goose, a big ball of fluff.<br />
<a href="https://scontent.fakl2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/28166521_10160094358660541_1176703927915889077_n.jpg?oh=9c0e7f1456d2720cf009c400ef45143a&oe=5B14A389" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Image may contain: bird, grass, outdoor and nature" border="0" class="spotlight" src="https://scontent.fakl2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/28166521_10160094358660541_1176703927915889077_n.jpg?oh=9c0e7f1456d2720cf009c400ef45143a&oe=5B14A389" style="height: 699px; width: 524px;" /></a>What makes the Sebastopol so unique are its curly feathers, giving it
that “curly perm” look. The frizzled feathers are the result of a
genetic mutation and curl due to the lack of a rigid feather spine or
quill. The feathers curl downwards and are up to four times the length
of the feathers found in other geese.Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪http://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345225425799603966.post-50505424933164877832018-02-23T00:07:00.002-08:002018-02-23T00:07:21.099-08:00a woman of substance, Mdm Liong<br />
Today, I feel euphoric. I finally got an answer to a puzzle that was in my head for more than 50 years.<br />
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When
I was in my early primary school, we were living at Padang road which
was very near to the Sibu prison. On some evenings, after dinner, we
would take a stroll among the government quarters and Father and Mother
would take us to visit their friends.<br />
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The husband was
LOU CHIONG, a colloquial term for Old Mr. Teo. What intriqued me was the
wife we refered to as LEONG SIN SAN aka LEONG TEACHER. She was a real
teacher in Chung Hua School, and was Father's collegue at the early
stage of their lives.<br />
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On our way home, I was in
amazement, here was a woman about Father's age and she was educated. I
wonder why her father educated her. Fresh in my mind, was the family
quarrel, that my Grandpa was adamant that girls had no need to be
educated, and they were to be married.<br />
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I wondered more, as Mother didn't know her ABCs and this woman was a secondary teacher.<br />
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Fast
forward to 2014, I was chatting on facebook with my ex colleague Lim
Siew Lian, and I asked her who her mother in law is. My jaws dropped
when I realised that she is the LEONG SIN SAN I admired when I was a
kid.<br />
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Siew Lian invited us to Mdm Leong's house this
morning. My jaws dropped further when I saw her using the computer, and I
had a lock jaw and my mouth remained wide opened in awe. Her English
was the perfect Queen's English. (Before then, I thought she was a
Chinese teacher.)<br />
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When we left, she told me that she
was the deputy principal of Chung Hua Secondary School. She is Leong
Soong Foong, and in her humility, she said she was the assistant of Dato
Wong Soon Koh, the Minister who was the guest honour of my book
launch.Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪http://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.com0